A recent article in the New York Times (http://nyti.ms/93t30y) gives a recipe for making edible nanostructures. It requires sugar (gamma-cyclodextrin), a salt (potassium benzoate), 190 proof ethyl alcohol, and water. The recipe involves mixing the sugar, salt, and water in a small glass or plastic cup, placing the cup into a larger glass, cup, or […]
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Edible Nanostructures–Kitchen Nanochemistry!
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 9:29 am
Written by: John Moore
New National Science Education Standards
Friday, July 30th, 2010 10:37 am
Written by: John Moore
The National Academies (including the National Academy of Science) in cooperation with several other groups are working on new science education standards that they intend will be adopted by all states. A major goal of such a project is to consolidate the many different sets of state science standards that arose in the wake of […]
Posted in Topics: Education, High School, Middle School, News & Announcements
Plagiarism Detection Tools
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 11:02 am
Written by: John Moore
How many of you have had students use the ideas of others inappropriately? Plagiarism has become easier on the Web and many people are not aware of what proper behavior is. A nice collection of online tools for detecting plagiarism is available at http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/online-teaching/plagiarism#q. These will be useful if you have made clear to students […]
Posted in Topics: Ethics, High School, Middle School, Teaching, Undergraduate
Using “A Kool Reaction from the Fine Print” in the Classroom
Saturday, October 24th, 2009 5:43 pm
Written by: John Moore
By Dan Toomey, Edgewood Middle School, Madison, Wisconsin
I have used “A Kool Reaction from the Fine Print” JCE Classroom Activity with my 8th grade students as guided-inquiry method in order to introduce atoms. (This activity is the one that was done in the Chemistry Comes Alive! Part 4 NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar on October 15.) We […]
Posted in Topics: General, High School, Middle School
Posted in Topics: General, High School, Middle School, Science
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